Leading Email Services Firm, BrightWave Marketing, and Industry Metrics Portal, EmailStatCenter.com, join The Email Experience Council as Major Sponsors. "Combined benefits will offer a powerpacked resource for email marketers worldwide."

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The Email Experience Council (eec), an organization of global professionals driving and defining email marketing and communications practices, today announced an expanded agreement and partnership with two Atlanta based companies. BrightWave Marketing, a leading independent email marketing services firm, and EmailStatCenter.com, the first centralized online repository of statistics and research specific to the email marketing industry, will join the eec's sponsorship roster and enhance their existing relationships.

In March 2007, the eec joined forces with BrightWave Marketing to launch EmailStatCenter.com, which has become the leading authority on email marketing metrics and has been enthusiastically embraced by its industry colleagues. BrightWave Marketing, a boutique email marketing services firm that works with clients like ACS, Floor & Décor and Lowe's, has been an early active member of the eec and looked to expand their commitment to the eec.

"The Email Experience Council has led the email industry through one of the most important transitions in our history and has shown great leadership, ambitious initiatives and brought a fragmented industry together, all in a short time period," said Simms Jenkins, Founder and Principal of BrightWave Marketing and EmailStatCenter.com. "We felt BrightWave Marketing and EmailStatCenter.com should continue to support this key group and remain closely involved with its development. We look forward to contributing and improving the future of email marketing and using these shared learnings and best practices with our clients and peers."

Jeanniey Mullen, Founder and Chairwoman of the eec, Executive Director and Senior Partner of Email Marketing at OgilvyOne worldwide, stated, "As the email marketing community continues to evolve, the need for passionate advocates in the space is critical to continued growth and success. BrightWave Marketing's strategic and technical leadership and EmailStatCenter.com's visionary methodology for capturing and sharing key data points and information is a powerful combination. The eec is proud to enter into this strategic partnership. Moving forward the combined benefits will offer a powerpacked resource for email marketers worldwide."

About EmailStatCenter.com
EmailStatCenter.com is the leading internet destination for research, metrics and statistical insight on all things email marketing. The website aggregates sources and offers easy-to-find information on various email related statistical topics. Website users vary from email marketing practitioners to journalists seeking easy to find stats to information on email marketing metrics. BrightWave Marketing owns and operates EmailStatCenter.com and is supported through a unique partnership with the Email Experience Council. For more information, please visit http://www.EmailStatCenter.com

About the Email Experience Council (eec)
The eec is a global professional organization striving to enhance the image of email marketing and communications, while celebrating and advocating its importance in business, and its ROI value. The eec is committed to regularly conducting a broad series of email initiatives for a variety of organizations that highlight the positive impact and importance of email as a marketing tool, communications vehicle and branding device. Additionally, eec members are setting the standards for email through Marketing Roundtables. The eec members are representative of other trade organizations, agencies, advertisers, technology partners, clients and companies focused on the potential of email marketing via mobile and other digital devices. For more information about the eec please visit http://www.EmailExperience.org